Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-29
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lspscis, Correspondence OF the AleSa. dAzkI-fs
WASHINGTON. d. e.. Dc. ~ 1881.

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spscis, Correspondence OF the AleSa- dAzkrrsi
WASHINGTON. d. T.. Dc ~ 1881
Secretary Whitney has accepted heoler
# Francis l.. Norton, superintendent OF mo
Snr,ou Shipbullding company, to iurnlsh
life boat to he thoroughly tested on naval
vess.l before beiug purchased by the geV-
arnment Following the recomm etn"'!0h
r fine Life Boat Board, one oil the Nos'Sii
boats. built Ut Alexandria, which has aiiehoy
bee n. delivered by The inventor at the WASH,
i,oion navy yard, will be placed on Que oi
: ne yassals Of the North Atlauiic square,
tn ba tested in comparison Win enc VI VEG
life boa;s now liz u.e in the raVS, as W rs
adsotabilily 10 he various usfs require" -
n q boats OF II ve;sei Of war ne NSitoH
boat embodies several pecu!laiiies % W.
structiop, the principal departure 'lulr y,
binary methods consisting IN tne use w o."
,on,a;ic water ballast, which, 1t Ia asserted,
de-, The boat non .capsizabie, While IL
a;scba,pes itself 80 as to relieve the caViis
eronc strain when the boat is hoisted on
hoard shin. The life boat board has tested
ali If the boats that have been presented ny
;nvento1s during the last year, besides e2'
a,,ininp those in use on foreign steamers
co,ainp into Atlantic ports, bnt ~ 10 tue
pre.eu, time have found nothing superior 10
the modified whale boat model now IN use
in the navy. Reports from tho Pacihc
coast, where these boats have been testeu ID
the heaviest seas and toughest snrls, are 10
the effect that the naval whale boat, ntted
with air tanss, makes superior lie noat.
Southern democratic politician, a man
of the old, not Of the new South, at the Cap.
itol to-day, in taking about the holding up
of Mr.. Lamar's nomination in the Senate,
said he hoped it would be rejected rs Nj.
Lamar bad ceased to be a representative
Southern man when he became member OF
| Mr.. Cleveland Cabinet, auI that ever since
that tins bis sole object seems 10 bave been
10 pacaie Northern republicans.
Col W. w. Chapman. Of Alexandra, a'i
officer in the Internal Revenue Service, ana
stationed in North Georgia, was in the city
| to day. He says the moonshlners there are
more vicious than those in Virginia, and
| that several OF his men have been assassina-
ted, Of whose murders he can get no trace.
He nlso says that moonshining is not pro
iitab!e bnsiness. and that any OF those en-
gagged in it could make betier living by
hopeet employment.
1t is reported that Senator Chandler soon
after the reassembIing Of Congress will make
speech on hia bill for federal interference
vita elections in Southern States, in which
he will wave the bloody shirt and dig up
the war graves as vigorously as ever.
Mr.Doug ASS Ccrse, who as stated in this cor
respoudence Yesterday, has been removed
| f om his position at the Capitol bad been re.
tsiued there bs the influence OF Senator law
| ley OF Conueciicut,a republican civil service
reformer. But rs that Senator WAS afraid
that the republicans of his State would kick
at his retention of democrat any longer.
Mr. Corse had 10 so. And of such is civil
service reform, according to the views Of its
advocates.
Representative Browne of Indiana, q pro
nounced republican, and one of the ablest
and most influential men cn his side of the
| House, in talk with the GAZETTE'S cores
pondent at the Capitol this afternoon said
| be had been spending some Of the holidays
10 preparing revenue bill, which he pro-
posed 10 Introduce, and the most salient
features Of which we've a reduction Ci twenty
million on tobacco. Thirty million on sugar,
and twenty Eve million on salt lumber and
lin. This looks ve,y much a. if there will
be some tsIH refom dnring The present
session Of Congress.
1t is reported here that Nh. Alexander, who
contested with Mr. O'Frrail for the democratic
Congressional nomination in the later's district
vigorously
The republicans here are attempting to get mp
aDo her bloody shirt flair the recent order of
the Secretary of War to get rid of al the rubbish
that has accumulated il that department. They
accuse him of desire tn destroy the records Of
the civil war, so that future generations may not
know which side wa; right.
Paul g. Bowen the master w0rkm N Of one OF
he local assemblies OF knights of labor of this city,
and one OF the aspi,ant5 for Chief Powderly IS
plsce, has been defeated for reelection a com
mi,tee of the krislis Of this city accuse some OF
the leaders OF the oder here OF using their posi-
tions iu the order means To crafty their per-
sonal feelings.
Capt. J. s. Tucker. ex-Mayor of Norfolk. now
tho Washington Correspondent of the Richmond
Lispatch haa been called t, Norfolk by the cx-
teme illness of his son.
People FROM Alexandris here to-day say that
while the ice the river is not thick, the north
west wind has blown it he east side of the
river and formed slight gorge at Gi,sboro, hut
that the ferry boats 70 through it with little diff
fculty.
The report that the President in tends modify
ing his recent message aud to recommend The re-
moval of the tax On tob eco and fruit liquor is
without the slightest foundation.